The week leading up to WWE Elimination Chamber 2022 has been eventful. With the WWE’s return to Saudi Arabia set to feature a record three women’s matches, including a one-on-one title match between Becky Lynch and Lita, as well as Goldberg’s return and two Elimination Chamber matches that will shape WrestleMania 38, news from beyond WWE’s walls shook the professional wrestling industry to its core.
Cody Rhodes left WWE in 2016 to wrestle around the world. He eventually joined forces with wrestling compatriots Matt and Nick Jackson, along with Kenny Omega and Jacksonville Jaguars executive Tony Khan to create All Elite Wrestling in early 2019. AEW quickly became the most successful and prominent competitor to WWE in professional wrestling since WCW two decades ago, with Rhodes as an Executive Vice President. But on Tuesday Rhodes announced his departure from the company.
With rumors swirling around a potential WWE return, there’s already buzz about Rhodes finding himself placed into the mix at WrestleMania.
Whether or not he shows up in a WWE ring at Elimination Chamber, or in the weeks to come, the layout of the two-night WrestleMania 38 card will become a lot clearer by the time Elimination Chamber goes off the air.
Could Cody Rhodes actually show up at Elimination Chamber on Saturday?
As of a week ago, Rhodes leaving AEW was a near unthinkable outcome, but now anything seems possible. And with only two matches for WrestleMania set in stone — Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar, and Charlotte Flair vs. Ronda Rousey — the possibilities are vast.
All of the movement since AEW began has been from WWE stars moving towards AEW. But with some AEW contracts coming up for the first time, Rhodes’ swift departure from the company and a lean WWE roster following waves of cuts, talent could start moving in the other direction, just like WWE and WCW in the mid-to-late 1990s.
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